Monday, June 30, 2008

Trying to survive the heat


These plants are trying their hardest to stay pretty while enduring the heat - at least they have some shade from the midday sun

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Misawa, Japan - don't know why I think it's funny

The Hague, Netherlands - same humor

Victoria, Canada

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Bianco's garden


One of the things I love about Chris Bianco (Pizzeria Bianco) is that he has his little gardens all around his restaurant - what he doesn't grow himself, he tries to purchase from local farms and businesses.

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Twin Cities, Minnesota

Glasgow, Scotland

Riga, Latvia

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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Pizzeria Bianco

If you are in Phoenix and want to try a great local (gourmet) pizza place, you want to find your way to Chris Bianco's restaurant in downtown Phoenix - he was even featured on Oprah! He's only open for dinner, and you'll have a long wait for a table, but they have a nice bar right next door to help out - your pizza will be made by Chris himself - no take-outs! The guy only allows as much business as he can personally handle - you gotta love an artist like that

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Abu Dhabi, UAE - indoor skiing - who knew?

Alicante, Spain

Ystad, Sweden

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Oleander tree

I'm not much of a fan of oleanders, which are usually in the form of a bush, but this oleander tree with the seating underneath caught my eye - this was taken in the complex outside of the Arizona Science Center, which is an historic district

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Monday, June 23, 2008

All about burps and belches


Another display at the Grossology exhibit at the Arizona Science Center - this one about burpes and belches - the kids make the guy drink soda through a straw, and he ends up burping periodically - obviously, a big hit My three favorite daily photos for today are:
Sharon, Conneticut
Hobart, Australia
Karwar, India
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Big Giant Nose


Yes, it is a big giant nose, found at the Arizona Science Center in their Grossology exhibit; nice place to go with the kids, especially when it's so hot outside!

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Moscow, Russia

Monte Carlo, Monaco

New York City, New York

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Is it, or isn't it?


I know, I know, orbs in photos are caused by dust, yadda, yadda, yadda

But -

Check out how this "orb" is sitting right in front of my child's face, like they are having a little conversation! Gives you pause, doesn't it?

This is inside the Great Arizona Puppet Theatre, which is in Central Phoenix in an old renovated church - very pretty!

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Belgrade, Serbia

Joensuu, Finland

Sitka, Alaska

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The puppet show

This past weekend, the kids and I checked out a puppet show at the Great Arizona Puppet Theater - it was great, and I love that it is in an old (old for Arizona) church, built in 1929; the presentation was Goldilocks

tomorrow - a ghost captured on film inside the theater!

my three favorite daily photos for today are:

Chateaubriant, France

London, UK

St. Louis, Missouri

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Superstitions


Just a shot from a visit during better weather to the Superstition Mountains, on the east side of the Valley -

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Port Angeles, Washington

Menton, France

Ystad, Sweden

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Happy Father's Day


Obviously, this is not Chandler, Arizona in June! It's a shot from a visit up to Mormon Lake in April, of my husband with our son, a family friend, and the dog, going to check out the resident buffalo at the Mormon Lake Lodge

Happy Father's Day to all you daddy-o's

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Seattle, Washington

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sharon, Conneticut

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Saturday, June 14, 2008

City scene


Tumbleweed Park's playground is divided into "city" and "country" - here's a shot from the city side, complete with a street for the kids to use for their bikes and scooters

My three favorite daily photos for today are:
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Friday, June 13, 2008

The Knox Family


The Knox family was a prominent in Chandler history; here's a picture of them with their first car in 1915 - the picture is at Tumbleweed Park in Chandler

City Daily Photo blog is experiencing technical difficulties, so I'm not able to pick my top three today - get well soon, CDP!

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Dusk at the park

Tumbleweed park in Chandler has a nice playground, with some old-fashioned touches like the street lamps and bandstand; here's a shot at dusk

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Terrell, Texas

Ararat, Australia

Canterbury, UK

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Crazy cactus

Found this guy when we were tromping around the desert, looking for geocaches I think, or maybe just a stop so the dog could do his thing; there was a cactus wren being pretty noisy with his nest in one of those little holes. but I couldn't find him to get a close up shot.

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Avignon, France

Saarbrucken, Germany

Ystad, Sweden

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Monday, June 9, 2008

Flower field


another view of the field of flowers from the last post;

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Chicago, Illinois

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ystad, Sweden

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Saturday, June 7, 2008

U Pick em fields


They have several U-pick-em fields at Schnepf Farms - flowers, veggies, peaches, apricots

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Penang, Malaysia

Shanghai, China

Athens, Greece

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Friday, June 6, 2008

Through the garden gate


At Schnepf Farm's in Queen Creek, there's a lot of little interesting places to stroll through - this gate leads to a small water garden

My three favorite daily photos for today are:
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

King of his domain


Here's another view of the guy from yesterday's photo - he was chasing around another peacock, shaking his feathers at him and being a basic bully

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Selma, North Carolina

Rotterdam, Netherlands

St. Kilda, Australia

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Peacock


There were a few peacocks (is that the right plural for peacock?) at Schnepf Farm's, in a smallish cage - this guy was bossing around another one, and giving us a show - doesn't he look serious?

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Chateaubriant, France

Seoul, South Korea

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Monday, June 2, 2008

Thought for the day


Wisdom from Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Grenoble, France

Moscow, Russia

New York City, New York

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Sunday, June 1, 2008

DP Theme Day - My corner store

Every 1st of the month is a theme day at Daily Photo; June's theme is "my corner store"

I was very uninspired by this theme, because this is one area that is pretty pathetic in the suburbs - no quirky little corner stores to speak of! So, here is my bland contribution - our corner grocery store, where we do much of our food shopping.

I'm looking forward to visiting more interesting corner stores all over the world, and you can too!

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